Education Program Meeting

Caroline M. Hoxby, Organizer

December 8-9, 2022

Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA and on Zoom

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, December 8
9:30 am
Continental Breakfast
10:00 am
Sarah Cohodes, University of Michigan and NBER
Helen Ho, Harvard University
Silvia Robles, Mathematica

Diversifying the STEM Pipeline: Evidence from STEM Summer Programs for Underrepresented Youth
11:00 am
Damon Clark, University of California, Irvine and NBER
Paco Martorell, University of California, Davis
Matthew J. Wiswall, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER

How Do Parents Choose Schools? Evidence from Choices and a Survey of Choosers (slides)
12:00 n
Lunch - Room University BC
1:00 pm
Nicolas Ajzenman, McGill University
Gregory M. Elacqua, Inter-American Development Bank
Luana Marotta, Inter-American Development Bank
Anne Sofie Olsen, Novo Nordisk

Order Effects and Teachers’ Labor Supply: A Nationwide RCT in Ecuador
2:00 pm
Break
2:15 pm
Michael Gilraine, Simon Fraser University and NBER
Uros Petronijevic, York University
John D. Singleton, University of Rochester and NBER

School Choice, Competition, and Aggregate School Quality
3:15 pm
Brian Jacob, University of Michigan and NBER
Damon Jones, University of Chicago and NBER
Benjamin J. Keys, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

How Much Do Borrowers Value Student Debt Relief? Evidence from the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program
4:15 pm
Break
4:30 pm
Christopher Avery, Harvard University and NBER
Geoffrey Kocks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Parag A. Pathak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Does a Common Application Increase Access? Theory and Evidence from Boston's Charters
5:30 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Group Dinner - Royal Sonesta Hotel, Somerset Room
Friday, December 9
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Abhijeet Singh, Stockholm School of Economics
Mauricio Romero, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Karthik Muralidharan, University of California, San Diego and NBER

Covid-19 Learning Loss and Recovery: Panel Data Evidence from India
10:00 am
Esther Duflo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Pascaline Dupas, Princeton University and NBER
Mark P. Walsh, Stanford University
Elizabeth Spelke, Harvard University

Intergenerational Impacts of Secondary Education: Experimental Evidence from Ghana
11:00 am
Break
11:15 am
Phillip B. Levine, Wellesley College and NBER
Dubravka Ritter, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

The Racial Wealth Gap, Financial Aid, and College Access
12:15 pm
Lunch - Room University BC
1:15 pm
Andrea Ichino, European University Institute
Aldo Rustichini, University of Minnesota
Giulio Zanella, University of Bologna

College Education, Intelligence, and Disadvantage: Policy Lessons from the UK in 1960-2004
2:15 pm
Break
2:30 pm
Riley K. Acton, Miami University
Wenjia Cao, Michigan State University
Emily E. Cook, Texas A&M University
Michael F. Lovenheim, Cornell University and NBER
Scott A. Imberman, Michigan State University and NBER

The Effect of Vaccine Mandates on Disease Spread: Evidence from College COVID-19 Mandates
3:30 pm
Adjourn